working memory model (WMM)

Question 1

what did the WMM suggest?

Answer 1

that STM has different components and so is an explanation of how STM is an active processor, how it’s organised and functions.

Question 2

what is the WMM made up of (4)

Answer 2

-central executive system
-phonological loop
-visuo-spatial sketchpad
-episodic buffer

Question 3

what does the central executive do and what’s its capacity?

Answer 3

-overall control
-processes all info from any senses
-limited capacity

Question 4

what is the central exec responsible for?

Answer 4

control processes such as :

-monitoring incoming info
-making decisions
-retrieving info from LTM

Question 5

what is the phonological loop and what’s it capacity?

Answer 5

slave system with limited capacity.

-deals with temporarily holding auditory information and is coded acoustically.

capacity is how much can be said in 2 seconds.

Question 6

what does visual-spatial sketchpad store?

Answer 6

visual or spatial information when required. (temp)

-visual info (vision)

-spatial info (info in the physical relationship between things

Question 7

what’s visuo spatial’s capacity?

Answer 7

3 or 4 objects. composed of visual cache.

Question 8

What does the episodic buffer store?

Answer 8

information which integrates the visual, spatial and verbal information processed by other stores.

Question 9

what does the episodic buffer link?

Answer 9

links working memory to LTM and wider cognitive processes such as perception.

CAPACITY -4 chunks.